Sri Aurobindo

Letters of Sri Aurobindo

Volume IV - Part 3

Fragment ID: 14990

Hostile [source of illness] here means hostile to the Yoga. An illness which comes in the ordinary course as the result of physical causes – even though adverse universal forces are the first cause – is an ordinary illness. One brought by the forces hostile to Yoga to upset the system and prevent or disturb progress – without any adequate physical reason – is a hostile attack. It may have the appearance of a cold or any other illness, but to the eye which sees the action of forces and not only the outward symptoms or results, the difference is clear.